San Diego Zoo

Thursday the  18th Debbie and I went to the San Diego Zoo. The weather was clear and sunny and in the 70 degree range. We arrived a few minutes after they opened at 9am, ahead of the crowd.  We boarded the first tour bus and went on the tour which goes around the zoo.  After about forty-five minutes we were dropped off back at the entrance, crowd now in full bloom.  We now had an idea what we wanted to see and kind of which direction to go. I took about a million pictures but I won’t make you look through them in the blog.  We ended up at the far end of the zoo and were able to take a gondola ride back to go. Below we are coming in for a landing. 

The Zoo had an unadvertised special; Margaritas! Debbie is all smiles as she discovered the stand. We grabbed lunch in one of the “restaurants” eating outside under the umbrellas and watched parents trying to feed the kids and themselves. Times like this are when its good to be old enough to have grown kids.

After the zoo we drove out to Cabrillo National Monument. The view of San Diego and the harbor. Lots of sailboats.

 

Officers quarters and a modern light house on the point. Its good to be king.

 

Next we visit the zoo.